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Listener Feedback

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Here's an email we received from listener, Jerry, "I live in Johnson City, Tennessee and my family lives in Lee County Virginia. We can no longer hear WEKU on the radio. Please get it back on the air. What is the problem?"

Jerry's email represents numerous emails, phone calls and other messages we’ve been receiving for the greater part of the past two weeks.

10:01pm

-Eastern Standard

Send your questions or comments before the show to wekueasternstandard@gmail.com, leave a voice message at 859-622-1657or call in when you tune in for EST Thursday morning at 11:00 on WEKU.

An organization focused on quantifying economic risks and impacts of climate change, Risky Business, is releasing a report this week on its effects on the Southeastern United States, including Kentucky.

On this week’s Eastern Standard, we discuss the projected harmful effects of climate on the Commonwealth.

4:42pm

Listener Feedback

Send your feedback by email to: WEKU@eku.edu, post on Facebook or send a tweet @889weku. You can leave a voice message at any time at 859-622-1657

We’ve had another major problem with our transmitter at 90.9 FM. It went off the air last Tuesday morning during a thunderstorm and our engineer worked two full days trying to get it back to full power. Sadly, Phil Hayes was unable to do so and apparently the outdated and elderly equipment has passed the terminal stage.

The signal is back on the air operating at very low-power until further notice. Thankfully, we are able to provide service once again to immediate Hazard/Perry County area and communities nearby.

12:23pm

Listener Feedback

Send your feedback by email to: weku@eku.edu, post on Facebook or send a tweet @889weku. You can leave a voice message at 859-622-1657

Last week we aired a comment from Mona, concerned that we were canceling The Dinner Party Download. I wrote to her explaining the new Friday evening schedule and here’s part of her response, “As you surmised, I discovered (to my delight) on Friday evening that Dinner Party Download had simply been shuffled in the day's schedule -- it is such a great way to kick off the weekend!"

6:00am

Listener Feedback

Send us your feedback by email to: WEKU@eku.edu, post on Facebook or send a tweet @889weku. You can leave a voice message at 859-622-1657

Here’s another response to the question of whether listeners still appreciate Car Talk in its current form as a “best of” program. Jana, of Frankfort writes, “I actually started listening to WEKU rather than another area station because you carry Car Talk."

Jana continued, "I enjoy the old episodes and listen nearly every Saturday morning while I lounge around trying not to get up and do anything productive!”

10:42pm

-Eastern Standard

As this year's Keeneland Concours d'Elegance revs up, we'll talk cars on this week's show. Let's talk about your favorite car, maybe your first or the one that got away and that you wished you had never gotten rid of.

Guests: Kenneth Hold, founding member of the Keeneland Concours & George Schweikle, Director of Filed Operations for the Keeneland Concours.

6:30am

Listener Feedback

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Last week, we aired a Facebook message from listener Rebecca, wondering if others shared her view that it was time to re-think the airing of The Best of Car Talk and we tossed it to you. As of this weekend, we have had a total of three responses. One from Tom in Lexington agreeing with Rebecca.

7:32pm

-Eastern Standard

Same-sex marriage supporters outside the Supreme Court after the ruling

Noah Day

The Supreme Court last week issued a much-anticipated ruling last week, declaring that marriage can no longer be denied to same-sex couple anywhere in the U.S. On this week's show, we’ll meet some of the people involved in the issue in the Commonwealth.

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 26, 2015) – “The fractured laws across the country concerning same-sex marriage had created an unsustainable and unbalanced legal environment, wherein citizens were treated differently depending on the state in which they resided. That situation was unfair, no matter which side of the debate you may support.

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Audio of Gov. Steve Beshear's statement on immediate recognition of same-sex marriages in Kentucky and changes in the state's marriage licensing procedures.

6:30am

Listener Feedback

Send your feedback to us at: WEKU@eku.edu, post on Facebook, send a tweet @889weku or call and leave a message at 859-622-1657

On the Listener Comment Line, Susan left the following message on Friday morning, “Roughly at 8:45, you said that Juneteenth was the anniversary of the last state in the Union freeing its slaves. 150 years ago today, slaves had not yet been freed in Kentucky.”

Susan goes on to tell us, “Because we were not a secessionist state, our state continued to hold some of our people in slavery in violation of their dignity.”

9:04am

-Eastern Standard

Kentucky Filmmaker Jason Epperson has produced a documentary focusing on UK Basketball fandom. Meanwhile, there are many other film projects underway in the Commonwealth, intended for audiences ranging from narrow-interest to the general public.

This past session, the Kentucky General Assembly passed legislation expanding incentive programs for filmmaking in Kentucky.

-Eastern Standard

Allen Ault is Dean of the College of Justice and Safety at Eastern Kentucky University. As Dean Ault prepares to retire, we’ll discuss the death penalty, police/community relations and law enforcement trends today on Eastern Standard.

9:53am

Listener Feedback

Send your feedback by email to: WEKU@eku.edu or call 859-622-1657. You can post on the website or Facebook or send a tweet @889weku

We had two tweets at the end of the week from John Paul, regarding last week’s broadcast of Eastern Standard featuring NPR national political correspondent Don Gonyea, John Paul wrote, “Interesting program. Thanks for letting us get to know Don a little better,” followed by “I was somewhat surprised in his remarks re. biased coverage. I'm convinced that bias is part of every human commentary.”

Here’s a voicemail message we received early Thursday morning from Danny, “Right at 4:00 am on May 28, we were hearing a flute song and, when that went off, nothing else happened.”

3:04pm

-Eastern Standard

NPR National Political Correspondent Don Gonyea is our guest for this week's show, recorded May 1, 2015 at the Griffin Gate Marriott in Lexington,

NPR's National Political Correspondent Don Gonyea is our guest on this week's show. This program is the one recorded during the annual WEKU Day Sponsor event May 1 at the Griffin Gate Marriott Resort and Spa in Lexington.

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Don Gonyea talks about his career at NPR, reporting on 9/11 as well as his years covering political campaigns and elections on this program that features questions and comments from WEKU listeners in attendance.

-Eastern Standard

A hundred teachers from across the country have been singled out for their successes in integrating digital technology into their schools. They have been named PBS Learning Media Digital Innovators. On this week's show we'll meet one of them, Susan Cintra of Madison Central High School, and other guests.

Listener Feedback

On our website is the news story by WEKU’s Stu Johnson, headlined, Second Hemp Crop Planted in Ky.A reader, identifying as "Hemp Authority," commented, ”This will be a great test to see what actually comes of some serious acreage of hemp growth across the state. Hopefully the industry will come back strong and create many new jobs and tax dollars.”

-Eastern Standard

While Americans have access to the best medical care in the world, some choose to ignore that care, relying on their faith to take care such needs, sometimes with tragic results. On this week’s show we'll discuss the conflict between the religious beliefs of some Americans in Conflict with Modern Medicine.

6:00am

Listener Feedback

Write to us at any time at WEKU@eku.edu or call 859-622-1657. You can also post on the WEKU Facebook page or send a tweet @889weku.

We’re still struggling with some technical issues, especially on the 90.9 signal out of Hazard. Just so you know, we are working on diagnosing the problem that some listeners are reporting and then getting it fixed. Thanks for your patience and please keep letting us know when you hear technical problems.

6:00am

Listener Feedback

Send your feedback to: WEKU@eku.edu or call 859-622-1657. You can also post on Facebook or send a tweet @889weku.

Our comments this week are, as is often the case, all focused on technical matters. Last week, a listener informed us that the pre-roll message on our web audio stream is still playing on one device, her Kindle.

On Facebook, Steve commented in response to the post about the Eastern Standard show, posing the questions, Is Religion Obsolete in the 21st Century, “ He writes, “I find it quite distasteful that you are airing this program on Easter Sunday. I would rather listen to your fund drives."

Steve continued, "I would expect this from such a liberal station but your choice of when to air it is off the charts. Anyway, letting you know that I will not be sending any more money your way and I am taking you off my presets.”

5:41pm

-Eastern Standard

Next month, voters from across the Commonwealth go to the polls to select candidates for the fall gubernatorial election. Meanwhile, one Kentuckian has launched a campaign for our nation's highest elected office.

In other news, well....we'll ask our reporters around the table for what's on their minds.